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14 amadmin \- administrative interface to control Amanda backups
17 \fBamadmin\fR \fIconfig\fR \fIcommand\fR [\fIcommand_options\fR...] [\fB\-o\ \fR\fIconfigoption\fR]...
21 performs various administrative tasks on the
28 man page for more details about
36 ] parameter pair operate on all disks in the
40 if no disks are specified. Where
42 is also marked as being optional, the command operates on all hosts and disks in the
47 are special expressions; see the "HOST & DISK EXPRESSION" section of
51 Commands that take one or more
53 parameters operate on the set of dumps specified by all of the expressions. See the "DUMP SPECIFICATIONS" section of
59 Show the current version and some compile time and runtime parameters. The
61 parameter must be present but is ignored.
64 \fBforce\-bump\fR [ \fIhostname\fR [ \fIdisks\fR ]* ]+
70 to bump to a new incremental level during the next
75 \fBforce\-no\-bump\fR [ \fIhostname\fR [ \fIdisks\fR ]* ]+
81 to not bump to a new incremental level during the next
86 \fBunforce\-bump\fR [ \fIhostname\fR [ \fIdisks\fR ]* ]+
95 \fBforce\fR [ \fIhostname\fR [ \fIdisks\fR ]* ]+
101 to do a full (level 0) backup during the next
106 \fBunforce\fR [ \fIhostname\fR [ \fIdisks\fR ]* ]+
113 \fBreuse\fR \fItapelabel\fR [ ... ]
115 The tapes listed will be available for reuse at their point in the tape cycle.
118 \fBno\-reuse\fR \fItapelabel\fR [ ... ]
120 The tapes listed will not be reused when their turn comes up again in the tape cycle. Note that if this causes the number of reusable tapes to drop below the
125 will request new tapes until the count is satisfied again.
129 are available for recovery, marking them
131 is a security to be sure amanda will not overwrite them.
134 \fBdue\fR [ \fIhostname\fR [ \fIdisks\fR ]* ]*
136 Show when the next full dump is due.
139 \fBfind\fR [ \fB\-\-sort\fR \fIhkdlpb\fR ] [ \fIhostname\fR [ \fIdisks\fR ]* ]*
141 Display all backups currently on tape or in the holding disk. The tape label or holding disk filename, file number, and status are displayed.
145 option changes the sort order using the following flags:
152 \fIl\fR: backup level
158 An uppercase letter reverses the sort order for that key. The default sort order is
162 \fBholding delete\fR \fIhostname\fR [ \fIdisk\fR [ \fIdatestamp\fR [ .. ] ] ]
164 Delete holding files matching the given specification. At least a hostname must be provided.
167 \fBholding list\fR [\-l] [ \fIhostname\fR [ \fIdisk\fR [ \fIdatestamp\fR [ .. ] ] ] ]
169 List holding files matching the given specification, or all holding files if no specification is provided. With '\-l', additional information (size and level) is provided.
172 \fBdelete\fR [ \fIhostname\fR [ \fIdisks\fR ]* ]+
183 .nr an-no-space-flag 1
187 If you do not also remove the disk from the
191 will treat it as a new disk during the next run.
198 expects to write to during the next run. See also
204 Display the current bump threshold parameters, calculated for all backup levels.
207 \fBbalance\fR [ \fB\-\-days\fR \fI<num>\fR ]
209 Display the distribution of full backups throughout the dump schedule.
212 \fBexport\fR [ \fIhostname\fR [ \fIdisks\fR ]* ]*
214 Convert records from the
216 database to a text format that may be transmitted to another
225 \fBexport\fRed records read from standard input to a form
227 uses and insert them into the database on this machine.
230 \fBdisklist\fR [ \fIhostname\fR [ \fIdisks\fR ]* ]*
234 information for each of the
238 (or all hosts). Mostly used for debugging.
241 \fBinfo\fR [ \fIhostname\fR [ \fIdisks\fR ]* ]*
243 Display the database record for each of the
247 (or all hosts). Mostly used for debugging.
250 \fB\-o\fR \fIconfigoption\fR
252 See the "\fBCONFIGURATION OVERRIDE\fR" section in
257 Request three specific file systems on
259 get a full level 0 backup during the next
265 $ amadmin daily force machine\-a / /var /usr
266 amadmin: machine\-a:/ is set to a forced level 0 tonight.
267 amadmin: machine\-a:/var is set to a forced level 0 tonight.
268 amadmin: machine\-a:/usr is set to a forced level 0 tonight.
272 Request all file systems on
274 get a full level 0 backup during the next
280 $ amadmin daily force machine\-b
281 amadmin: machine\-b:/ is set to a forced level 0 tonight.
282 amadmin: machine\-b:/var is set to a forced level 0 tonight.
283 amadmin: machine\-b:/usr is set to a forced level 0 tonight.
284 amadmin: machine\-b:/home is set to a forced level 0 tonight.
293 \fImachine\-b\fR. The other file systems will still get a full level 0 backup.
297 $ amadmin daily unforce machine\-b /home
298 amadmin: force command for machine\-b:/home cleared.
302 Locate backup images of
305 \fImachine\-c\fR. The
307 column displays either a tape label or a filename depending on whether the image is on tape or is still in the holding disk. If the image is on tape, the
309 column tells you which file on the tape has the image (file number zero is a tape label). This column shows zero and is not meaningful if the image is still in the holding disk. The
311 column tells you whether the backup was successful or had some type of error.
315 $ amadmin daily find machine\-c /var
316 date host disk lv tape or file file part status
317 2000\-11\-09 machine\-c /var 0 000110 9 \-\- OK
318 2000\-11\-08 machine\-c /var 2 000109 2 \-\- OK
319 2000\-11\-07 machine\-c /var 2 /amanda/20001107/machine\-c._var.2 0 OK
320 2000\-11\-06 machine\-c /var 2 000107 2 \-\- OK
321 2000\-11\-05 machine\-c /var 2 000106 3 \-\- OK
322 2000\-11\-04 machine\-c /var 2 000105 2 \-\- OK
323 2000\-11\-03 machine\-c /var 2 000104 2 \-\- OK
324 2000\-11\-02 machine\-c /var 2 000103 2 \-\- OK
325 2000\-11\-01 machine\-c /var 1 000102 5 \-\- OK
326 2000\-10\-31 machine\-c /var 1 000101 3 \-\- OK
333 \fImachine\-d\fR. If you do not also remove the disk from the
337 will treat it as a new disk during the next run.
341 $ amadmin daily delete machine\-d /workspace
342 amadmin: machine\-d:/workspace deleted from database.
343 amadmin: NOTE: you'll have to remove these from the disklist yourself.
349 will use (in this case,
355 The next \fIAmanda\fR run should go onto tape 123456 or a new tape.
359 Show how well full backups are balanced across the dump cycle. The
361 column is the day the backups are due for a full backup.
363 shows the number of filesystems doing full backups that night, and
367 show the estimated total size of the backups before and after any compression, respectively.
371 column shows how far off that night's backups are from the average size (shown at the bottom of the balance column).
373 tries to keep the backups within +/\- 5%, but since the amount of data on each filesystem is always changing, and
375 will never delay backups just to rebalance the schedule, it is common for the schedule to fluctuate by larger percentages. In particular, in the case of a tape or backup failure, a bump will occur the following night, which will not be smoothed out until the next pass through the schedule.
377 The last line also shows an estimate of how many
379 runs will be made between full backups for a file system. In the example, a file system will probably have a full backup done every eight times
381 is run (e.g. every eight days).
385 $ amadmin daily balance
386 due\-date #fs orig KB out KB balance
387 \-\-\-\-\-\-\-\-\-\-\-\-\-\-\-\-\-\-\-\-\-\-\-\-\-\-\-\-\-\-\-\-\-\-\-\-\-\-\-\-\-\-\-
388 11/10 Mon 21 930389 768753 +5.1%
389 11/11 Tue 29 1236272 733211 +0.2%
390 11/12 Wed 31 1552381 735796 +0.6%
391 11/13 Thu 23 1368447 684552 \-6.4%
392 11/14 Fri 32 1065603 758155 +3.6%
393 11/15 Sat 14 1300535 738430 +0.9%
394 11/16 Sun 31 1362696 740365 +1.2%
395 11/17 Mon 30 1427936 773397 +5.7%
396 11/18 Tue 11 1059191 721786 \-1.3%
397 11/19 Wed 19 1108737 661867 \-9.5%
398 \-\-\-\-\-\-\-\-\-\-\-\-\-\-\-\-\-\-\-\-\-\-\-\-\-\-\-\-\-\-\-\-\-\-\-\-\-\-\-\-\-\-\-
399 TOTAL 241 12412187 7316312 731631 (estimated 8 runs per dumpcycle)
404 /usr/local/etc/amanda/\fIconfig\fR/amanda.conf
411 Stefan G. Weichinger,
412 <sgw@amanda.org>, maintainer of the
413 \fIAmanda\fR\-documentation: XML\-conversion